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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-29
The Quick Witted Maiden.

The Quick Witted Maiden.
A maid who was quick with an ans,
was asked If she was good dams,
BY sickening dude
In manner quite rude
She replied: When I'm with a mans,~
New York Evening Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-29
Powerful Narcotics

"Coieridge composed his poem Kubla Khan
while fast asleep Its soporific powers,
however, are not so great as some of the later
day poems which were composed when their
authors were wide ake-Norristown Her.
aid
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-29
WINFIELD MORTGAGES and !svs! CO,

Five and 10 year GUARANTEED per cent first
mortgages, and bonds secured by deposit of frs,
mortgages with FARMERS LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY, 20 William ST.. New York. payable,
principal and interest," at their Office. Sums to suit
investor. Agent wanted In Maine. Eastern head
quarters, BRADSTREET CURTIS, Bankers, IS
Pins ST., New York. asgSdIawkw4ms
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
HINTS TO ~HOUSEKEEPERS.

Be reasonable; it is a great deal to
ask under some circumstances, but do
try; reasonable women are rare-be
rare
Let him>read the newspaper at the
breakfast table; it is unsociable, but
then, it is only a trife, after all, and
he likes it.
Remember that servants are made
of the same material as you are; a little
coarser grained, perhaps, but the same
in essentials.
Try and forget yourself as to your
husband, forget that you married him,
and remember that he married you;
he will then probably do the reverse.
Let him know more than you do
once in a while; it keeps up his self
respect, and you are none the worse
for admitting that you are not actually
infallib1e.
Read something in the paper besides
fashion notes and society columns;
have some knowledge of what is going
on in foreign countries,
Be a companion to your husband if
he is a wise man and if he is not, try
to make him become your companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
gnEtry.
DO YOUR BEST.
BY SYDNEY DAYRE.

I'm only an Insignificant broom,
Good to sweep an untidy room
And then to be hidden away.
It's very trying 1 I'M be
Something dainty or sweet to see
Where the light and the sunbeams stay.
'sI'd like to be the dear little chair
That holds the bonny wee baby, there
Or rather, if I were able
To have my wish, l would proudly stand
With bric-a-brac, cards and flowers, q grand
Magnificent marble table.
"Or there is the looking-glass, you know.
Which everybody admires SO
You can always see the smile
With which they peep as they pass 1t by.
How aristocratical to hang so high
And be looked at all the while
"And there is a splendid thing to hold
The books with covers of red and gold;
Exceedingly dignifed
Or that old sofa where children crowd
And shout and frolic and laugh aloud
At play on its cushions wide.
"But what is the use of wishing to be
Anything else but just plain me-
I'd better be trying to do
My best, I think, for a homely broom,
And see to it that / sweep my room
AS well as I can. Don't you?
"Nor ever grumble, though only made
Tt live and work in the quiet shade;
For any with eyes may see
That if we each of us do no more
Than keep in order a single floor
A very clean world twill be-"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
BUTTERED

serve.
BUTTERED PARSNIPS.
Wash and boil in cold sailed water
from three quarters to al hour. Skin
and cut into round, thin slices. Have
ready in a saucepan a tablespoonful Of
butter and one teaspoonful of -four,
previously rubbed together, and two
tablespoonful of milk. When it boils
up, put in the parsnips and shake over
the fire until smoking hot. Serve hot
in a covered dish.
CREAM PIE.
First bake a puff paste in a pie-plate;
then make a custard Of the yolks Of
four eggs, a little more than a pint of
milk, one tablespoonful of corn-starch,
six tablespoonfuls of sugar. Save out
two spoonfuls of sugar and beat to a
stiff froth with the whites of the eggs.
Flavor the custard with vanilla, put it
into the crusts, spread the white over
the tops, and put them into the oven
to brown.
BoILED CUsTARD.
Put two tablespoonfuls of water in
the kettle first, to keep the custard
from sticking. Then add one quart
of milk, two tablespoonful Of sugar,
two eggs (the eggs and suga: beaten
together) and two slices of bread. If
hard, dry bread is used, it should be
soaked in water a while before making
the custard. After putting it on the
stove, watch it closely, for as oon as
it boils it is done.
Take three large onions, slice them
and then fry to a light brown in a
large spoonful of butter. When brown
add half a teacupful of -four and stir
constantly until red. Then stir in
slowly one pint of boiling water, stir
ring steadily till it is all in. Boil and
mash four large potatoes and stir into
one quart of polling milk, taking care
that there are no Jumps. Add this to
the fried onions, with one teaspoonful
of ground pepper. Let all boil for
five minutes and then serve with toas-
TED or fr1ed Dread.
GOOD DARK CAKE.
Pour one quart of boiling water over
one pound of fat salt pork chopped
very fine, add one pint of molasses
one pound of brown sugar, n table
spoonful of salt, cinnamon, al1spice
and cloves, two grated nutmegs, six
well-beaten eggs, one tablespoonful of
soda dissolved in a little arm water,
-four enough to make a stiff batter,
one pound each of currants and raisins
well Toured. Stir all together thor
oughly. Put into two medium-sized
sheet-iron pans we'll creased and bake
in a slow oven three hours.
ORANGE sHoRTcAKE.
Take a half a dozen good, small, juicy
oranges, peel and put in a cold place.
Make a shortcake out of a pint of pre-
pared flour, a tablespoonful of lard and
the same of butter rubbed we'll to-
gether and made into a dough with a
cup of sour milk. Roll out about an
inch thick into a sheet, put into a we'll
buttered pan and bake in a quick oven
a light brown. Take out of the pan,
and with a sharp knife divide in two
as a biscuit. Spread the orange thinly
sliced between the cake, sprinkling
well with sugar, put the rest on top
and cover with sugar just before sen
ding to the table. Eat with sauce
made from the juice of three oranges
and two lemons boiled in a pint of
water and seasoned with sugar and
nutmeg.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
s%lEEpING-cAR SERVICE.

On trains so and 81, Pullman Buffet Sleepers
between Atlanta and New York.
On Trains SO and So, Pullman Buffet Sleepers
between Washington and Montgomery, Wash
ington and Augusta. Pullman Sleeper between
Richmond and Greensboro. Pullman Sleeper
between Greensboro and Raleigh. Pullman
Parlor Car between Salisbury and Knoxville.
Through tickets on sale at principal stations
to all points.
For rates and information apply to any agent of
the company, or to
SOL. HAAS, JAS. L. TAYLOR,
Traffic Manage5, Gen; Pass. Agent
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
Gnmsehn1d.
BUTTERSCOTCH.

One cup of molasses, one cup Of
sugar, one-half cup of butter. Boil
until done. trying as for molasses
candy.
Three cups of sugar rolled fine, one
cup of butter three beaten eggs, one
half %teaspoonful of soda, one cup Of
milk; sift in -four enough to make a
batter, cne-half grated nutmeg, one
half teaspoonful salt. Bake in waffle
irons.
WHITE CAKE.
The whites of eight eggs, one cup
butter, n cup sweet milk, four
cups -four, two cups sugar, two
teaspoons baking powder, and fla
vor with lemon. For the iceing,
the whites of two eggs and l l-2 cups
sugar.
Boil equal quantities of salt fish and
potatoes. When done, chop the fish
fine, and mix with pototoes. Add
M egg, one t%easpoonful of -four, m
cup of milk, and mix all together in
form of balls. Drop them in a kettle
of boiling fat and brown.
cURR1ED EGGS.
Melt a little butter, stir in a tea
spoonful of curry powder, add by de-
grees a large tablespoonful of -four
and a cup of stock; season. Boil six
eggs hard, cut them in halves, put
neatly in a deep dish, pour on the
sauce and keep all hot a little before
using.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.
Stir into one quart scalding hot
sweet milk seven tablespoonfuls Indian
meal, one teaspoonful salt, one of gin
ger, half a cup of chopped suet, one
teaspoonful molasses and one egg. If
you wish it to whey, pour in a little
cold milk when you set it in the oven,
Bake l IL or two hours.
GRAVY FOE BoILE MEAT.
Take a half-pint of the water in
which the meat has been boiled, thick
en- it with a little -four and butter, add
ing for a favoring a tablespoonful of
picked cucumbers and a sprig or
two of parsley, both finely minced. A
little mustard and vinegar may be
added if liked. Serve in a tureen.
Four potatoes, two onions, two
ounces of butter, quarter of an ounce
of salt, pepper to taste, one put of
milk, three tablespoonfuls tapioca.
Boil slowly all the vegetables with two
quarts of water. Strain through the
colander. Add milk and tapioca.
Boil slowly and stir constantly for
twenty minutes.
CARAMELs.
One pint of sugar, dissolved in a
wineglass of vinegar, half a cup of
butter, one cupful of grated chocolate,
boil until quite thick, put in buttered
tins, and cut in squares when partly
cooled. Instead of vinegar you can
use water favored with essence of va
nilla, and they will be finer, but a lit
tie vinegar keeps them from sugaring.
MUFFINS.
Mix a quart of warm water in which
you have put a gill Of good fresh yeast,
with sufficient flour to form a stiffish
batter. Let this remain to rise, then
stir in -four enough to mould lightly
with your hands. Shape them into
round, rather thin cakes, which put
into a tray containing -four. Let
them remain to rise. Bake them on
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
ARE YOU A FRIEND OF THE
FARMERS?

Do you want to see them in better
condition? Do you want to see all
the industrial interests of the State,
promoted and advanced? Then aid
us in our work. Read the liberal in
ducements we offer and send us a
club:
TO LUBS:
l subscriber and under five, l year, $500
5 subscribers and under ten, l year, 1.65
10 subscribers and under fifteen, l
year, .5O
Is subscribers and under twenty, l Z
year, l.25
20 subscribers, or more, l year, LOO
Strictly cash IN Advance.
Who will be the first to send US a club?
Every one who shall send us a club at
these rates, if five or more, by the first of
May, shall have a copy free for one year.
Who wlW be the, frst2 Every farmers
club and grange in the State should send
us a club of twenty, at least, by that time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
n edmond & DANVILLE r.. r..
n PIEDMONT AIRLINE ROUTE.

Condensed Schedule in Effect May 29th, 1887.
TRAINS RUN BY 75o MERIDIAN TIME.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16

Raise the standard, do not let him
lower yours.
Respect your husbands relations,
especially his mother-she is none the
less his mother because she is your
mother-in-law ; she loved him before
you did.-Brooklym Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
Saw What You Will,

People WILL buy goods where they
can find what they Want and at the
CHEAPEST PRICES. We do not
advertise simply to parade before the
public, but we want the public to bear
in mind that we are still keeping up
our large stock of HEAVY GRO
CERES, and r as lively as ever.
Come and see us.
BARBEE & BARBEE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
FOR SALE, ON EASY TERMS!

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(3) 20 Horse Power Engine and Boiler.
e. IS Horse Power Engine and Boiler.
12 Saw Mills with Saws.
10 Boilers, from 20 to 80 HORSEPOWER.
A lot of WoOd-W Machinery, Cotton Gins
and Presses, Saws and Betting.
Address, Branch Office, Mecklenburg Iron Works,
ma266m Columbia, Factory, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16

a griddle. Turn them to brown on
both sides. They will take about ten
minutes to bake. When nicely brown,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
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The book has met ahearty welcome. The
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
WANTED!


Canvassers, male and female, for The
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ant, profitable and popular, because so
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
Cigarettes HiIled Him,

Some days ago Russell Knevals
was found lying dead in his bed by
one Of his companions. He was a
young man Of fine physique and
seemed to be splendid example OF
vigorous. healthy man. 1t was no
wonder that his friend thought he
was only sleeping when he saw him
in bed, and it seemed impossible that
this young man, who possessed strong
limbs and deep chest, and had re-
vealed no signs Of illness. could have
died natural death. An autopsy
was held. which revealed the cause
of his. Death. He killed himself by
using cigarettes. When the surgeons
reached the heart they fonnd that
the use Of cigarettes had so greatly
impaired its function that it was q
feeble organ, and on Sunday its
dntter'ngs produced congestion Of
the brain, with attending coma, caus.
ing his death.
Young KneVals was an excessive
smoker of cigarettes, aud he plainly
was in the habit of inhaling the
smoke. This habit he had begun
years ago, when his organs were still
weak and his bodily vigor not at
tanned, Thus daily he absorbed by
inhaling deadly drugs, not only nico-
tine, but opium, cascarilla. and the
acid of the paper covering of the
cigarette. and was drnggipg himself
to death. That the cigarette as
made aud used in this country is o
deadly agent physicians have long
known.
AT recent examination of can.
didates for appointment as cadets at
West Point every one OF the youths
were rejected by the physician who
detected the effect of cigarette
smoking upon the heart. The death
of young Knevals ought to be a
warning to those who have acquired
This habit. but how many are there
who will heed. Washington Argus
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
Points for n Young Parsoa.

Mrs. Lizzie W. Champuey, in the
American Magazine, says: IF you
will submit TO taking few hints
from ne | can put you to thing or
two. There are certain lodges tha:
these great guns are not above using,
which are remarkably killing, and |
doubt whether they are even taught
ID the seminary. If.you are going
in for divinity you might as we'll be
at the top of the heap, q regular
douhly.distilled D. D., and The pastor
Of wealthy city church. l have
come to the conclusion that the min
istry is a better field for a smart man
than journalism, and ! almost regret
my choice. You see you have less
competition; nearly all the brilliant
fellows take to the law, the regular
digs 10 medicine, the long headed
ones to politics and business, those
mistaken bcggars who care more Cor
glory than gold hang on to art or
literature, while only the chaps
without any particnlar vocation are
left for the ministry and the book
agencies. Now, don't fare up. Can,
you see that it is the Iuckiest thing
in the world that it is 80. If you
have a clear idea f,om the start what
you mean to accomplish, you can just
sail in like whale among fishes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
An AristOcratic Governor.

The supporters of Gen. Nicholls
are no more of a faction thar tho
supporters Of Governor McEnery.
But Governor McEnery appears to
entertain different opinion. The
governor has been in power 20 long
that be has come to believe that he
and his friends are the Democratic
party, and that those who favor the
domination Of soma other candidate
are factionists and outside Of the
pale of tue party. He spoke of the
followers Of General Nichols, ia his
Monroe speech, as faction confront
ing the Democratic party. The
inference clearly is that McEnery
considers himself and his followers
as the Democratic party. A naughty
mouarch once said, II am the state.'' u
but no one eyer dreamed that, in
this free country, Democratic gov.
ernor would so far forget the prero.
gatives of free people as to declare
Il am the Democratic party. Those
who support me are Democratic; oil
others are factionists and enemies to
the party" And ls not the fact that
a governor has held Office 40 long as
to become autocratic enough to make
such an extraordinary assumption
reason enough for his retirement Ia
private life ?-Homer Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
The Coming Issue.

There is now, however, no help
for it; the Democratic party must
fight its battle next year with tho
labor vote cast in the scale against
it. To do so with any show Of sue
cess, it mast put itself right in the
coming session Of congress with the
true interest of labor, whether the
labor sees it or not. It must boldly
proclaim the truth. 1t must boldly
stigmatize and expose falsehood and
fraud. 1t must yield nothing, and
fear nothing. The issue is low taxes
against high taxes; cheap living
against free whisky; manhood
against monopoly. All this will.
sooner or later, appear to the eyes
of these very men out here ;n Union
and find its way to their
hearts, and will be felt by their CONS
panions in every part Of the coun.
try.-Courier Journal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
The Corn CEOp.

The corn crop is placed at about
three,fourths Of a full crop by the
Agricultural Department report Tor
October, or at 900, 900 bushels.
This is abont a sixth better than was
feared earlier or than recent private
estimates. The crop as it stands,
however, is the smaIes. i'll ten years,
but one, in 1881, when it was only
100000, and the present yield is
larger chiefly because Of the large
crop a. the South. l50,000,0O0 bush.
els larger than two years ago. The
South yiIl produce nearly third Of
the present crop, or nearly enough
for it's own consumption, while 10
past years of large yield the South
ern States have supplied a bare sixth
of the total. The great corn States,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas,
have scarcely half crop, and in
Missouri the yield ia not large.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05

Messrs. Jastremski, Adams and
Mea|ey, composing The State subcom.
mittee, appointed to settle the diff.
ferences in the Democratic party Of
this parish. held three sessions here
last Thursday. DR.. K. H. Littell
had his committee promptly on hand
at the hour fixed; Mr.. Estellett's
alleged committee did not appear at
all, nor was its skeleton hauled out,
nor did its ghost reveal itself except
in his own person. The State com.
mittee offered to remain here until
Sunday, in order for Mr.. Estellet,e
to have time to get his committee
together; this offer was q crusler,
and he practicall, abandoned the
field. 1t being very evident to the
State committee that there was but
one parish committee, DR.. R.. 81.
Littel,s, for them 10 treat with, they
ordered primary elections to be held
on Monday, November 2lst. for del
egates to parish convention to be
held at Opelousas on Thursday,
November Oath, the sole business Of
which will be to elect q new parish
committee. The commissioners will
be appointed as stated elsewhere;
and all Democrats, except such IA
voted against Cleveland and Nc.
Emery, will be allowed to vote.
This ought to be satisfactory to all;
and full vote should be polled.-
st. Landry Democrat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05
The Curiosity Shop.

Fishes are not very common in
deep water, and until lately it was
thought there were none, chiefly be-
cause Of the immense pressure being
one ton per square iDch for every
1000 fathoms. As sunlight falls
about 200 fathoms down. vegetable
life also ceases, and as consequence
deep sea fishes are carnivorons. The
most voracions often cat their own
offspring. while others are nonrished
hy animalcula. which, like a con.
slant rain. settle down from the high
waters. Some a,e blind, some have
ordinary eyes, others have phosplor-
esccnt protuberances to furnish them
with light. Sir c. Wyvile Thomp
son (of the ChaIlenger) says ths.
animals of all the marine inverle.
brate classes, and probably fishes
also, exist all over the floor of the
ocean" So far the greatest depth
reached by a dredge in which ish
were inclosed is 2u0O rathoms: but
the specimen thus obtained belongs
to a species which seems to be abun.
dant in npper strata of the Atlantic
and Pacific, and was therefore most
likely caught by the dredge in its
ascent The next greatest depth,
viz, 1850 fa,homs, must be accepted
az one at which fishes undoubtedly
do live, the fish obtained at this
depth Of the Atlantic showing by its
whole babit that i. is a form living
OF the bottom.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-11-05

Atlanta Consultations: \ Louis:
lana judge has enjoined the Ascen:
sion Democrat against supporting
General Nichols for governor, m
the grounds that the charter Of the
paper slipulates that it shall be
Democratic in politics" This judge
may be q wise man, bnt our recol.
lection is that General Nichols was
a Democrat at time when Demo.
Gratis were badly needed in Louisiana,
If he has changed his politics since
that time we are not aware Of it.